Greeves Street, Fitzroy
By J. McKeagney The stretch of Greeves Street, Fitzroy from Brunswick Street to Mahoney Street is one of the most intact and homogeneous Victorian streetscapes in Fitzroy. Built by Alfred Kursteiner in 1870-71, the houses reflect the restrained Classicism...
Zanoni Hotel
By J. McKeagney Zanoni Hotel south west corner of Rae and Reid Streets, Fitzroy North. In the 1860s only nine of the 28 licensed hotels in the Fitzroy municipality were in the area north of Alexandra Parade (North Fitzroy). Twelve hotel licenses...
Former Aboriginal Church of Christ
258 Gore Street In 1859, the Bible Christian Church was constructed at the south east corner of Gore and Greeves Streets (278 Gore Street). The church acquired more land at the southern end of the same block (258 Gore Street on corner of St David Streets) in 1865. By...
Looking Back by Chris Lermanis
Looking Back by Chris Lermanis By Chris Lermanis Further to my book launch : In 2015 Loretta Florance in a review of my photographic exhibition at The Colour Factory for the ABC wrote: In 2015, a two-bedroom terrace house in inner-city Fitzroy is likely to cost you...
101 Greeves Street
By Mike Moore 101 Greeves Street, built by James Linacre for himself in 1855. James Linacre (1814-1877) migrated to Victoria as a stone mason from Derbyshire in 1844. He prospered here as a builder and contractor of roads and bridges, public buildings and private...fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au fitzroyhistorysociety.org.au
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North Fitzroy underwent significant development in the 1880s boom as the population of the area grew by 10,000 people....
The stretch of Greeves Street, Fitzroy from Brunswick Street to Mahoney Street is a very intact and homogeneous Victorian streetscape....
The Zanoni Hotel was on south west corner of Rae and Reid Streets, Fitzroy North....
The National Trust's 2025 Australia Heritage Festival is coming to Victoria from 18 April - 18 May 2025....
Our latest publication, Fitzroy People 2, is now available to read online and download....